Satnews Daily
February 20th, 2013

Espial... The Technology + The Challenges (SatBroadcasting™—payTV)


[SatNews] Espial has a new whitepaper that is available at no charge as a download from the company's website. The whitepaper, titled Agile IP Video Delivery: Redefining STB Software Architecture, addresses...

...the technology and business challenges that payTV operators face in delivering a sophisticated television experience to consumers on set-top boxes (STBs). The whitepaper provides a detailed insight into the current state of the industry, followed by strategies to leverage recent hardware and software innovations to implement an STB software architecture capable of supporting compelling user experiences at a faster time to market, with significantly lower development costs. Relying on a multipronged approach that utilizes recent technology advancements—including open Web standards such as HTML5—payTV operators can cost-effectively address current STB limitations and power a more dynamic user experience that includes: cloud-centric user interface delivery models, new advertising and business models, rapid application development, interactive content, and integrated Web and social applications. An excellent resource for the payTV industry, the whitepaper is available as a free download from the Espial website at this direct link.